#1875 · 🐸 amphibians

Mediterranean Painted Frog

🇳🇱 Schijftongkikker ·Discoglossus pictus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. Rue Gaston Teissier, Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© julie_vrdl · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Sant Climent Sescebes, Catalonia, ES:© Bernat Espigulé · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Aïn Draham, Tunisie:© Fantaisie Nature · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 11350 Tuchan, France:© simben · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Carrer Font Pudosa, Sant Climent Sescebes, Catalonia, ES:© Bernat Espigulé · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Argelaguer, Catalunya:© Xavier Béjar · CC BY-ND 4.0
8. Vila Roja-1er Maig, 17004, Girona, España:© Jacobo Krauel · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 17486 Castelló d'Empúries, Girona, Spain:© ondra2468 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jardin des Plantes, 75005 Paris, France:© Benjamin Monod-Broca · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Mediterranean painted frog or simply painted frog , Discoglossus pictus , is a species of frog in the Alytidae family (formerly Discoglossidae).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,677iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,677 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Adolf Otth in 1837 (189 years ago).